Word Smart Cadence-Circumlocution

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Cadence

Rhythm

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Cajole

to persuade someone to do something that they don’t want to

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Callow

immature

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Candor

sincere honestly

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Capitalism

an economic system in which businesses are owned by private citizens

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Capitulate

to surrender

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Capricious

unpredictable

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Caricature

portrait or description that is purposely exaggerated

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Castigate

to chastise

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Catalyst

something that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction

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Categorical

unconditional

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Catharsis

purification that brings emotional relief

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Catholic

universal

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Caustic

corrosive

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Celibacy

abstinence

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Censure

to condemn severely for doing something bad

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Cerebral

brainy

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Chagrin

humiliation

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Charisma

magical seeming ability to attract

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Charlatan

con man

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Chasm

deep gaping hole

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Chastise

to discipline

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Chicanery

trickery

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Chimera

an illusion

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Choleric

hot tempered

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Chronic

constant

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Chronicle

a history

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Circuitous

roundabout

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Circumlocution

an indirect expression

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Circumscribe

to restrict